![]() ![]() So I'd creep into my brother's darkened room on quiet weekend afternoons, and just watch. Young me was fascinated by these, but didn't want to play them: Too scary, too mature, and anyway I was pretty sure Mom wouldn't let me. The NES version is available for modern platforms as part of the 8-Bit Adventure Anthology on Steam and PlayStation, while a port of the MacVenture original is also available on Steam.When I was a kid, I watched my older brother play horror games like Resident Evil, or Silent Hill. While the writing in the home computer versions is undoubtedly superior to the somewhat cut-back NES version, the NES version remains fondly regarded for its presentation, atmosphere and largely successful attempts to bring a genre typically associated with home computers to a TV-connected console. Of course it isn’t, but that’s half the fun. The only clues you have to go on are the spooky old mansion nearby - and the fact that a storm is coming. In Uninvited, you take on the role of a character whose sibling (brother in the home computer versions, sister in the NES version) has disappeared after a car crash. ![]() The Famicom version, which made a few sacrifices in the text department due to lack of memory but which added an atmospheric musical soundtrack, first appeared in 1989, and a localised NES version - seen in the Grumps’ video - showed up in 1991. Uninvited was originally released as part of the “MacVentures” series of point-and-click titles for Apple Macintosh back in 1986 the following year, it was ported to a variety of other home platforms including Amiga, Atari ST and MS-DOS. ![]() ![]() Recently, the Grumps have been on a bit of a roll of playing classic NES games that they’ve pulled randomly from their game shelves - and a notable inclusion was the classic adventure game Uninvited. It’s always a pleasure to see old games get some love on popular YouTube channels - particularly when those channels are as large as Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan’s “ Game Grumps“, which boasts nearly five and a half million subscribers. ![]()
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